Friday, March 27, 2009
11:54 pm
Just some thoughts after reading a great friend's blog post.
Indeed one of the foundations of our relationship with God is believing that Christ is God's Son.
"For if Christ is not God in the flesh, then we have no personal relationship with God. We will have had no salvation, for if He was not God, then we have merely another idol, a false god." A dangerous question to ask, that shows the misconceptions that an individual have, would then be, "Who's greater? The Father or the Son?".
For the people who were waiting for a Messiah to come, some of them were unable to accept that a man, could be God Himself. He was simply another wise prophet to them.
And of course, another famous question that created one of the most influential religion, "Who is bigger? Jesus? Or Jesus' mother?".
There's nothing wrong about asking questions. Being inquisitive is a good thing. But when we allow questions to shake our beliefs, we might just end up twisting the Truth in our human minds. Of course, the above questions is pretty obvious to those who know the Truth. But how about other questions?
Sometimes we just have to be Okay with not knowing the answer.I'm not suggesting passiveness.
One question someone in BS asked, "Who created God?" [his Belief: Everything has a creator and how it was formed] True, but God IS the Creator.
and so goes on to the next question, "So how did God become God?" -----
Answers anyone?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Daily Devotion book meant for ages 3-7 years old
10:57 pm
Wisdom from a little Daily Devotion book meant for ages 3-7 years old that i found at home and i got curious so i started reading. We should teach our children from young about life, they are not too young to learn. These are some of the daily devotions inside:
Have i come to the end of my rope? Good! Am i just about ready to lose my grip? Even better! Did i let go and fall down? Best of all! At last i'm lying at Jesus;s feet. Now He can change my heart. He will fill me with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus will never force me to obey. Some days i wish He would. And some days I wish He'd just leave me alone. But God loves me too much to ever do that. He is teaching me to listen. He is teaching me to trust Him. He is teaching me to love.
I am mad at her. And she is mad at me. Now i want to sing and give thanks to God. But Jesus says, "No." He says first i must forgive. But why me? That's easy! Jesus wants every last, little part of me to be just like Him. So i must go back and make things right with her.
Oh Lord, please help me. I keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I want to change. I know this is wrong. Take my selfishness. Burn it with the fire of Your love. I know it will hurt. But i want to be filled with Your love.
Monday, March 23, 2009
11:43 pm
Family, should have the greatest capacity to love and forgive than any other place in this world. Knowing that, know who is your family.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The Way of the Wild Heart
11:46 pm
It is the time when a young man discovers the Way of the Heart, that poetry and passion are far more closer to the Truth than are mere reason and proposition. He awakens to beauty, to life. He discovers music and literature; like the young David, he becomes a romantic and it takes his spiritual life to a whole new level. Often, Service
for God is overshadowed by intimacy
with God.
The crisis of leadership in our churches, businesses, and government is largely due to this one dilema: men have been given power, but they are unprepared to handle it.
Understanding does not equal healing. Clarity does not equal restoration. Many men understand their wounds, can talk about them with great clarity. They know what happened, what life was like... Yet they remain unfinished men, haunted by the memories, crippled by the wounds. The addiction remains, the fears remain, the lack of wholenes remains. And by the way, it doesnt take a major assault or abuse to create a broken heart...Depending on the age or circumstance, it can be an embarrassing moment like stuttering in front of the class, or a harsh word from your mother.
Remember now- the human heart was designed to grow up in a world of love and security, a world where we are known and prized each and every day- a world very very different from the world anyone actually grows up in, living now so far from Eden. The heart is a tender thing and easily broken, especially when we are young. That is why Jesus offers to heal the brokenhearted:
Isaiah 61:1Exactly how God comes to heal the human heart is a deep mystery, but it works something like this: He will often arrange for some event to make us feel just as we did when our hearts were broken. Feeling again what we felt then, or perhaps suddenly when a memory resurfaces,
we have an opportunity not to push it away, or run, or get angry at someone. Rather, we invite God to come to the broken place within us and restore us. Sometimes the Father's healing comes immediately, other times over the course of many months as He speaks to our hearts and opens our awareness of our heart.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
my first near-encounter of fainting after blood donation
7:48 pm
Today was my first near-encounter of fainting after blood donation.
I went to the BloodBank @ Outram today to donate blood. And because i only woke up at 2pm, i made sure i had my breakfast, which consists of soya milk and tuna pancake, before i went for the donation. (As i remembered only later, i don't digest food and fluid that fast)
After donating blood, i had milo and red bean soup. I felt perfectly fine honestly, no signs of hypovolemia.
And so i was on the MRT, a crowded train, and i was standing by the door leaning on the glass panel. By the time the train reached Clementi, i started feeling nauseated and breathless. Before i knew it, my vision started to blur and i started seeing white. I struggled to focus on my surroundings as i clung onto the side of the door to keep myself from falling. I knew i was losing consciousness and i thought, "Oh God, help me. I can't faint in here". I'm not sure if anyone around me noticed this pale faint girl, but i did try to pretend i was normal.
I managed to persevere on till the next station at JE and then i alighted. I remember walking funnily as i tried to balance myself while walking as i could hardly focus. Thankfully the bench wasn't that far away. My vision returned the moment i sat down.
I called my sis to fetch me from Lakeside MRT. I rested till i felt better, then i took another train. Every train was crowded so i had to stand. Once again i felt my dizzy spell return so i alighted at Chinese Garden. Rested again and took another train to Lakeside. What a day. I went back home safe.
I guess i didn't have enough blood after the donation cos i didn't have enough fluid in my body. The minimum weight for blood donation was 46kg. When i weighed myself there at the Bloodbank, i was barely 47kg. But i still passed all their checkups.
Rosaline must drink more water.
Monday, March 09, 2009
2:53 am
"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
-Genesis 4:7
"Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. "
-Deuteronomy 4:9
